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The Bibliophile's Best Books of Each Genre: Westerns

Here is the list of the best western novels of all time. Just as western movies grew on me and I came to love them, the same has happened, relatively recently, with novels. I'd read My Antonia a while ago, but when I read Blood Meridian a few years ago, it blew me away. What an amazing novel! Such beauty and peace on the one hand; then the most extreme violence you could ever read on the other, along with that ending. From there, I obviously fell in love with Cormac McCarthy's books, but I also explored other authors and found beauty and solace in sweeping epics such as Lonesome Dove and Angle of Repose. So my journey through western novels will continue, and I hope this list gives you some inspiration of your own.
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Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Ron Hansen)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Ron Hansen)
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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The Border Trilogy (Cormac McCarthy)
The Border Trilogy (Cormac McCarthy)
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The Brave Cowboy (Edward Abbey)
The Brave Cowboy (Edward Abbey)
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Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
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Butcher's Crossing (John Williams)
Butcher's Crossing (John Williams)
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The Cold Dish (Craig Johnson)
The Cold Dish (Craig Johnson)
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Comanche Moon
Comanche Moon
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Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
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El Paso (Winston Groom)
El Paso (Winston Groom)
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
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Hondo (Louis L'amour)
Hondo (Louis L'amour)
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How Much of These Hills Is Gold (C Pam Zhang)
How Much of These Hills Is Gold (C Pam Zhang)
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The Hunger (Alma Katsu)
The Hunger (Alma Katsu)
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Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
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Little House on the Prarie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prarie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
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The Log of a Cowboy (Andy Adams)
The Log of a Cowboy (Andy Adams)
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Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
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The Longhorns (J. Frank Dobie)
The Longhorns (J. Frank Dobie)
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The Monkey Wrench Gang (Edward Abbey)
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Edward Abbey)
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My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
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News of the World (Paulette Jiles)
News of the World (Paulette Jiles)
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No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
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Open Season (C.J. Box)
Open Season (C.J. Box)
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Outlawed (Anna North)
Outlawed (Anna North)
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The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
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The Power of the Dog (Don Winslow)
The Power of the Dog (Don Winslow)
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Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey)
Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey)
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Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
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The Shootist (Glendon Swarthout)
The Shootist (Glendon Swarthout)
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The Sisters Brothers (Patrick Dewitt)
The Sisters Brothers (Patrick Dewitt)
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The Son (Philipp Meyer)
The Son (Philipp Meyer)
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The Time It Never Rained (Elmer Kelton)
The Time It Never Rained (Elmer Kelton)
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True Grit (Charles Portis)
True Grit (Charles Portis)
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The Virginian (Owen Wister)
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
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Where the Lost Wander (Amy Harmon)
Where the Lost Wander (Amy Harmon)
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Whiskey When We're Dry (John Larison)
Whiskey When We're Dry (John Larison)
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